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Plant Asimina triloba (Annonaceae)

Common Names
Pawpaw
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
OLEIC-ACID 18 Fruit 1392.0 24780.0 -0.29 Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Fruit 1080.0 14396.0 -0.14 Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC 0 Fruit 348.0 6018.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Fruit 294.0 3001.0 -0.11 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 420.0 2265.0 -0.29 Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Fruit 3140.0 15726.0 -0.19 Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE 0 Fruit 282.0 3648.0 -0.10 Duke, 1992 *
PROPYL-BUTANOATE 0 Fruit 0.0 0.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
PROPYL-HEXANOATE 0 Fruit 0.0 0.2 not available Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 8000.0 61000.0 -0.65 Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN 176 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3'-GLUCOSIDE 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SERINE 1 Fruit 354.0 3666.0 0.01 Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Fruit 102.0 2124.0 -0.14 Duke, 1992 *
SUCROSE 14 Fruit 60000.0 545000.0 3.12 Duke, 1992 *
SULFUR 14 Fruit 620.0 3333.0 1.34 Duke, 1992 *
TETRADECANOIC-ACID 0 Fruit 0.1 0.2 not available Duke, 1992 *
TETRADECEN-1-OL 0 Fruit 0.0 0.1 not available Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE 4 Fruit 254.0 2812.0 -0.09 Duke, 1992 *
TOLUENE 1 Fruit 0.0 0.0 -0.71 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiedemic 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antielastase 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiencephalitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic 6 Martindale's 29th
Antiencephalopathic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antienterotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiesophagitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifatigue 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antifeedant 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrinolytic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrosarcomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195.
Antifuruncular 1 Martindale's 28th
Antigallstone 1 Duke, 1992 *